New Gallery Location | Opening July 2018

As of July 2018, the Nicholas Metivier Gallery will be moving to a new gallery location at 190 Richmond Street East. Nearly three times larger than our current space, we will be offering the community a more dynamic exhibition and event program.

Five Questions with Linda Martinello

Ahead of her first solo exhibition at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, we asked Linda Martinello to provide insight into her process and her latest body of work.

Paul Roth (Director of the Ryerson Image Centre) and Julie Crooks (Assistant Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario) discuss Gordon Parks' most poignant and influential photographs from the American civil rights movement.

Metivier Talks | In Conversation with Rachel MacFarlane

Sebastião Salgado inducted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts in France

Congratulations to Sebastião Salgado, who was officially inducted into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France on Wednesday, December 6th. To commemorate this special occasion, Salgado was presented with an honourary sword created by Jean Cardot, a fellow member of the Académie in the sculpture section.

The Académie des Beaux-Arts' history can be traced back to the 17th century. The Académie was founded to help protect and promote France's artistic heritage in all fields of expression, both at home and abroad.

Metivier Talks | In Conversation with Joachim Bandau

Recorded November 4, 2017

German artist Joachim Bandau discusses his artistic practice on the occasion of his third solo exhibition at Nicholas Metivier Gallery.

Stephen Appleby-Barr in Toronto Life

Edward Burtynsky: National Holocaust Monument Inaugurated in Ottawa

Canada's National Holocaust Monument was inaugurated on September 27, 2017. Designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the Monument features a series of six large-scale, black and white photographs by Edward Burtynsky of specific Holocaust sites. The poignant and haunting images were transferred to the Monument walls using a Photorealistic mural technique with specially formulated paint.

Gordon Parks in The New York Times

Katharine Harvey selected for public art commission by the TTC

Katharine Harvey has been selected by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to design artwork for the Chester Subway Station. Florae, a series of wall mosaics inspired by green spaces in the Chester subway neighbourhood, will be installed throughout the station.